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I'll start with one that's always baffled me. Since it deals with Nabokov, a favorite here, it should get us off to a good start.

What the hell was the point of the following epigraph to Pale Fire?:

"This reminds me of the ludicrous account which he gave Mr. Langton, of the despicable state of a young Gentleman of good family. 'Sir, when I heard of him last, he was running about town shooting cats.' And then in a sort of kindly reverie, he bethought himself of his own favourite cat, and said, 'But Hodge shan't be shot; no, no, Hodge shall not be shot.'"

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>Well-rounded citizens
So is he /our guy/?
The best of both sides

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Seeing you guys somehow manage to get along has been the greatest thing I've seen all year.

I salute you.

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Anyone else going to be sad when /fitlit/ ends?

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Most people seem, owing to ambition, to wish to be loved rather than to love; which is why most men love flattery; for the flatterer is a friend in an inferior position, or pretends to be such and to love more than he is loved; and being loved seems to be akin to being honoured, and this is what most people aim at. But it seems to be not for its own sake that people choose honour, but incidentally. For most people enjoy being honoured by those in positions of authority because of their hopes (for they think that if they want anything they will get it from them; and therefore they delight in honour as a token of favour to come); while those who desire honour from good men, and men who know, are aiming at confirming their own opinion of themselves; they delight in honour, therefore, because they believe in their own goodness on the strength of the judgement of those who speak about them. In being loved, on the other hand, people delight for its own sake; whence it would seem to be better than being honoured, and friendship to be desirable in itself. But it seems to lie in loving rather than in being loved, as is indicated by the delight mothers take in loving; for some mothers hand over their children to be brought up, and so long as they know their fate they love them and do not seek to be loved in return (if they cannot have both), but seem to be satisfied if they see them prospering; and they themselves love their children even if these owing to their ignorance give them nothing of a mother's due. Now since friendship depends more on loving, and it is those who love their friends that are praised, loving seems to be the characteristic virtue of friends, so that it is only those in whom this is found in due measure that are lasting friends, and only their friendship that endures.

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Like I need to make another thread for this. But why do you guys love him and his work. Is it his prose or his fantastic character?

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Please keep this board, mods.

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>/fitlit/ the book.

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What are some books that will make me happy ?
Or at least help mediate better

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Ok so i need help. Im 5´6´´ (170cm) so im a damm manlet. I am not exactly skinny but im not pretty bulky either. I eat like a pig but never gain weight. Pretty strong, abs are present. Not exactly Arnold schwarzenegger, but you can see that the muscles are there. I dont have money for a gym, so i can only exercize in my home. I dont diet, cause again, no money. I would like to excersize, but im just too damm lazy. What is the solution to my dilema guys

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How's the creatine working /fit/?

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Does anyone have the 'western vs eastern narratives' image that makes fun of anime and shows russian literature for the GOAT that it is?

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Dear Hiro and the 'mods'

Keep /fitlit/ around you stupid cunts

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Friendly reminder that if you're not /fitlit/ you don't belong here and should go back to bodybuilding reads.